| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −2h | Becomes −3h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +1h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +6h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −7h | Becomes −8h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −10h | Becomes −11h on 1 Nov |
Karbala, Iraq runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Karbala and New York is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Karbala lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. The time difference between Karbala and London is 2 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Karbala lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. The time difference between Karbala and Tokyo is 6 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Karbala lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Istanbul, Nairobi. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Karbala.
Karbala (Iraq) is home to roughly 700K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:57, sunset at 17:50. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 33° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Iraq
Capital
Baghdad
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+3 · Asia/Baghdad
Coordinates
32.61°N, 44.02°E
Currency
IQD (ع.د)
Calling Code
+964
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Arabic, Kurdish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Arbaeen draws an estimated fifteen to twenty million pilgrims to Karbala, many walking the 80 km from Najaf, which makes it one of the largest annual gatherings of people anywhere in the world — several times the size of the Hajj.
The clock: Karbala keeps UTC+3. The date moves through the solar year because it follows the Islamic lunar calendar.
Karbala lies at 44.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+3, is built around the 45°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 12:04, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+3 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 18m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h. The swing between them is 4h 18m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Karbala the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 04:55, while the latest sunset waits until 1 July at 19:15. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Karbala that civil twilight runs about 25 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Karbala, Iraq is Asia/Baghdad with a current UTC offset of UTC+3.
Karbala has an estimated population of 700K and is located at coordinates 32.61°N, 44.02°E.
Karbala gets 14h 18m of daylight on its longest day and 10h on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Karbala falls at about 12:04 on UTC+3 standard time, because the city sits 1.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Pilgrimage Larger Than the Hajj: Arbaeen draws an estimated fifteen to twenty million pilgrims to Karbala, many walking the 80 km from Najaf, which makes it one of the largest annual gatherings of people anywhere in the world — several times the size…